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The masterplan for the site with photo (inset) of buses struggling to pas each other through Henstridge Pictures: Roberts Limbrick Architects/Paul Dimishky

Legal battle launched as villagers fight back against plans for 130 homes

PLANS to build 130 houses in a tiny village on the Dorset/Somerset border hang in the balance after residents…

North Somerset Council needs to find sites for more than 24,000 new homes

Sites for 24,000 new homes in North Somerset to be considered

POTENTIAL sites for more than 24,000 new homes in North Somerset have been revealed – including 3,300 properties near…

WH Smith in Wells is set to become a TGJones store. Pictures: Blaze Business Signage Solutions/Somerset Council

WH Smith stores in Frome, Wells and Minehead set to go – with new signs revealed

FORMER WH Smith stores in Somerset are to be re-branded after the chain was taken over. Branches in Wells High…

An aerial view of the site near Shapwick and the Station Road access. Pictures: Wessex Water/Somerset Council

Plans submitted for new 25-hectare Somerset Levels wetland between Bridgwater and Street

PLANS have been submitted to create a new, 25-hectare wetland site between Bridgwater and Street. Wessex Water has applied to…

Two 'flagpole' signs are among those set to be installed at the new Lidl near Bridgwater. Pictures: Google/Whittam Cox/Somerset Council

Signs bid for new Lidl store near Bridgwater

PLANS for seven signs at a new Lidl store have been submitted. The supermarket chain, via agent Planning Potential, has…

The new building, inset, would be built at the health centre in Shepton Mallet. Pictures: Premier Modular/Somerset Council/Google

Plans for new outpatients’ unit at Somerset hospital submitted

A SOMERSET hospital could soon get a new temporary outpatients’ building if plans are approved. An application has been submitted…

The former Nether Stowey Village Hall is up for sale. Picture: GTH

Former Somerset village hall up for sale – with planning permission for four homes

A FORMER village hall in Somerset village that dates back more than 100 years is up for sale -…

An application to change the use of the site, off Oxen Lane, North Curry, has been submitted. Picture: Google

Fresh plans for Gypsy/Traveller site near Taunton submitted

A SITE for Romani Gypsies or Travellers in a village near Taunton could be officially allowed, if plans are…

Nuova Italia, in Ilchester, could soon get a new look. Pictures: Google/Boon Brown/Somerset Council

Popular Somerset restaurant could be set for a major makeover

A POPULAR Somerset restaurant is set to get a makeover – if plans are approved. Nuova Italia, in Church Street,…

The new Greggs is on the Tapstone Business Park, in Chard. Picture: Greggs/Somerset Council

Greggs applies for signs – and is recruiting – for new Chard branch

PLANS have been submitted for signs at a new Greggs in Chard. The bakery giant has applied to Somerset Council…